Parading Patriotism: Independence Day Celebrations in the Urban Midwest, 1826-1876

by Adam J. Criblez

Parading Patriotism covers a critical fifty-year period in the nineteenth-century when the American nation was starting to expand and cities across the Midwest were experiencing rapid urbanization and industrialization. Historian Adam Criblez offers a unique and fascinating study of five midwestern cities--Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Indianapolis--and how celebrations of the Fourth of July in each of them formed a microcosm...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875806929
• ISBN13: 9780875806921
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher